the obama administrations deadline to get healthcare.gov working is today. we have this update. >> reporter: whitherring criticism of the initial rollout of healthcare.gov has intensified the pressure on the administration to get this right for saturday. the white house hopes it can do that at least for the vast majority of users. >> and this website is going to get fixed. >> healthcare.gov opened for business october 1 and its been a disastrous two months. the site crashed, unable to cope with people trying to sign up. small businesses still won't be able to use the site for another year. insurance industry insiders tell cnn some customers personal data is getting mangled or even lost. the white house says the site will be able to handle 50,000 users at one-time, but they admit there will be times after saturday when healthcare.gov does not function properly and they are bracing for another huge surge in volume that could force people into virtual waiting lines for call backs. officials say consumers who pick a plan by december 23rd and pay their premiums b